Richard Carew (17 July 1555 – 6 November 1620) was a British
translator
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and
antiquary
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. He is best known for his
county history
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, ''Survey of Cornwall'' (1602).
Life
Carew belonged to a prominent gentry family, and was the eldest son of
Thomas Carew
Thomas Carew (pronounced as "Carey") (1595 – 22 March 1640) was an English poet, among the 'Cavalier' group of Caroline poets.
Biography
He was the son of Sir Matthew Carew, master in chancery, and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir John Rive ...
: he was born on 17 July 1555 at
East Antony, Cornwall. He was educated at
Christ Church,
Oxford
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, where he was a contemporary of Sir
Philip Sidney
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and
William Camden
William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of ''Britannia'', the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the ''Ann ...
, and then at the
Middle Temple
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. He made a translation of the first five
canto
The canto () is a principal form of division in medieval and modern long poetry.
Etymology and equivalent terms
The word ''canto'' is derived from the Italian word for "song" or "singing", which comes from the Latin ''cantus'', "song", from the ...
s of
Tasso
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's ''
Jerusalem Delivered
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'' (1594), which was more correct than that of
Edward Fairfax. He also translated
Juan de la Huarte's ''Examen de Ingenios'', basing his translation on
Camillo Camilli's Italian version. (This book is the first systematic attempt to relate physiology with psychology, though based on the medicine of Galen. )
Carew was a member of the
Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries
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, and is particularly known for his ''Survey of Cornwall'' (1602), the second
English county history to appear in print. Later editions were published in 1723, 1769 and 1811, and
Davies Gilbert
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published an index in his ''Cornwall'', vol. 4, pp. 381–92. He also published an ''
Epistle concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue'' (1605).
Carew served as
High Sheriff of Cornwall (1583 and 1586), and as MP for
Saltash
Saltash (Cornish: Essa) is a town and civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It had a population of 16,184 in 2011 census. Saltash faces the city of Plymouth over the River Tamar and is popularly known as "the Gateway to Corn ...
in 1584. He was married to Juliana Arundell, the eldest daughter of
Sir John Arundell of Trerice; their son
Richard Carew was created a baronet in 1641 (see
Carew baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Carew, two in the Baronetage of England prior to 1707, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
Carew baronets, of Antony; created 1641, extinct 1799
In August 1641, Charle ...
).
He was a beekeeper and a keen fisherman.
Carew died on 6 November 1620 and was buried in Antony church on 7 November.
Selected publications
''Survey of Cornwall'', 1769 edition*''The Survey of Cornwall'', by Richard Carew of Antony; ed. with an introduction by F. E. Halliday. London: Andrew Melrose, 1953; reissued in 1969 by Adams & Dart, London (includes an informative introduction, pp. 15–73, four minor works of Carew, and
Norden
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Places England
* Norden, Basingstoke, a ward of Basingstoke and Deane
* Norden, Dorset, a hamlet near Corfe Castle
* Norden, Greater Manchester, a vi ...
's maps)
*''The Survey of Cornwall'' 1602; Tamar Books, 2000
*''The Survey of Cornwall''; J. Chynoweth,
N. Orme & A. Walsham, eds. (Devon and Cornwall Record Society. New series; 47.) Exeter: D. C. R. S, 2004 (introduction, ca. 50 p.; facsimile reproduction, originally published:- London: John Jaggard, 1602, 168 ff.)
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Birds of Cornwall and Richard Carew*
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1555 births
1620 deaths
People from Antony, Cornwall
British antiquarians
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Writers from Cornwall
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Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
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High Sheriffs of Cornwall
Richard
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Cornish-language writers
British ornithological writers
Burials in Cornwall
16th-century English historians
17th-century English historians